school board decision. >> really? >> just know the first line. "fox & friends" starts now. >> welcome aboard, folks. we started 11 seconds early today. did you notice that? >> wow. >> i did. i was almost caught off guard but no, i'm a professional. >> yeah, right! >> all right. so since we have 11 seconds early, do you want to wait and catch up? >> let's pause for a moment. >> [whistling] >> are we ready now? >> that's it. and action! >> let's get right to your news and start with headlines for you. and we begin with that rescue on the high seas. carnival splendor left stranded in the pacific ocean is being towed to shore at this hour. u.s. navy also helping out using helicopters to deliver boxes of food. this is not what the tourists had in mind. >> that's not the midnight buffet right there in that box.

>> rescue coming just in time for the splendor's 4500 passengers. they have not had air conditioning or running water since the ship lost power on monday. >> elizabeth smart returns to the witness stand today testifying for the third time against her kidnapper brian david mitchell. yesterday, smart told jurors that mitchell threatened to kill her family if she tried to escape and talked about a foiled attempt to kidnap two other girls. the self-proclaimed prophet is not a criminal but a religious zealot plagued by mental illness. today, the state of alaska begins checking and counting 85,000 write-in ballots who determine who will win the senate race. republican joe miller had filed a lawsuit trying to belong in any write-in ballots that have a candidate's name misspelled even slightly. if he gets his way, that could spell trouble for incumbents lisa murkowski who waged a fierce write-in campaign. it will examine the ballots for the voters' intent. it will likely be weeks before

the official winner is announced. right now, the write-in candidate leads by more than 11,500 votes. norad weighing in on the jet stream to streaked across california skies earlier this week. whatever it was, it did not pose a threat to the united states. >> how do they know that? >> it's going in the other direction. new cameras caught what appeared to be a missile headed over the pacific ocean and leaving behind a long trail of vapor. no one seems to be able to say what happened here. some experts suggest it was just an a jet plane. others say it was an optical illusion. they have denied any missile launches. still a mystery. we'll take your e-mails on what you say it is. >> for some reason, we're 11 seconds over right now. >> we're not really sure -- have no idea. the president, if you're looking for him, don't look for him in the white house. he's at the asian tour. now he's in south korea. before he left indonesia, a

place where he spent four years of his life, he spoke. and he spoke about, again, saying something that we've heard before. we're not at war with islam. not at war with muslims. here's the president. >> relations between the united states and muslim communities have frayed over many years. as president, we made it a priority to begin to repair these relations. made it clear that america is not and never will be at war with islam. instead, all of us will work together to defeat al-qaida and its affiliates. >> so this particular speech last night in indonesia is a follow-up to the cairo speech about a year and a half ago. but he was saying stuff that -- he made it sound like he was inventing it. he didn't invent it. let's flashback to 2001. here's george w. bush saying essentially the same stuff. >> the war against terrorism is not a war against muslims.

nor is it a war against arabs. it's a war against evil people. who conduct crimes against innocent people. >> seems familiar. >> reiterating message for making it sound not as if the president, that's what he focused on. after all the human cry about the mosque here at ground zero, it's important to reiterate that message. can't say it enough. but, you know, he should also say as my predecessor said, so clearly. >> would be nice. >> yeah. >> meanwhile, there's something interesting that happened during the president and the first lady's trip. there's this conservative muslim government minister and he sent out a tweet trying to explain this handshake that we're now showing you. he basically said he had no choice -- look at that. but to shake the first lady's hand even though he makes it a policy never to touch women outside of his own immediate family. he said that basically michelle obama is forcing him to shake her hand by extending her hanld.

>> he looks like a tipitol and he's there shaking the hand. that is -- he claims that she thrust her hand in front of him. here's exactly what he put on twitter. i tried to prevent being touched with my hands but mrs. michelle held her hands too far towards me so we touched. >> ah-hah! but a different story, young man. >> what he's said in the past, he tries to avoid any contact with women outside of his family. and so for this public official to be seen as a big happy grin and reaching out and grabbing her hand, it shows a certain duplicity. >> can i give him some advice? don't get in the shake line if you don't want to be shaked by the first lady. did the first lady just spring up? where's your wife, mr. president? i can't touch her. >> the shake me line?

>> if it's bad, you don't have to do it with quite the gusto. it appears he had a huge grin plastered on his face. he didn't look like he wanted to shake her hand there. >> yeah. why is it necessary to call him a conservative muslim as if -- now that makes sense. shaking the hand of a woman makes sense to a conservative muslim? >> because he doesn't -- he avoids all physical contact with women outside of his family. not all muslims do that. >> at least that's the story. he was in the shake me line. >> and enjoying it. >> he was. he had a big happy smile. somebody else who has been in the shake me line and the sign my book line is president george w. bush. and, of course, his book officially came out yesterday. he was on the sean hannity show last night. if you missed it, you missed a lot. they had amazing video of him driving around his ranch in crawford, texas. there's remarkable soundbites. here's one if you missed it

about the former president talking about the first moments of september 11, 2001. >> remember andy card comes in and says, you know, the white house is targeted. we need to take you out. i said, i'm not leaving. have the minimum staff there. if need be, put the vice president in another location to encourage continuity government. i'm not leaving. i was tired of leaving. i didn't want the enemy know they can make me move around at their whim. we're at a psychological war and in the book, i describe my frustrations about not being in washington on 9/11. eventually, after having gone to louisiana and nebraska, i said i'm coming home. >> you remember in these days, it's coming back to you. >> yeah. i can tell. >> it was tough. >> what was -- because you -- the decision about maybe having to take out american citizens. >> yeah. i'm told that -- first of all, there's a fog of war. i wasn't getting very clear

information. we had report that the state department had been attacked. a report there was going to be tan attack on crawford and i'm told a plane goes down. i didn't have many details about it. i had the sickening feeling that, you know, we may have shot down a commercial airline. i got the details shortly thereafter. it was a difficult period. >> that's deafening. we had never heard that before. we heard there was an authorization to shoot down planes if need be if the terrorists had taken over but the idea that the president thought that's what happened briefly with flight 93. >> in the book, he talks about something i didn't know about. you know, right away after the attack happened, people wonder if there's going to be more attacks. if so, a second wave. where are they? what happened? >> he got a call from the french intelligence, there's a second cell here in your country and there is another attack coming. where is it? where are they? don't know. so that's when the president got extremely aggressive and we know what happened. >> yeah and what's also amazing,

there he is. he takes off after that reading class at the elementary school in air force one, supposed to be the most technologically advanced airplane on the planet and he can't even get a phone call to the white house. the phone calls drop out. people were trying to use their cell phones. they could not find out what was happening in new york or washington except when they would fly over various tv markets they would pick it up on the regular television antenna on air force one. that's how he saw the towers fall on 9/11 was through the air like everybody else. you would think they have a better system. they have since upgraded. >> president bush is getting a lot of questions about his decision to go into iraq so sean hannity asked him about that. listen to what he says. >> his letter to me was such a touching response. i hope that the reader of the book will have a better sense of my dad, his compassion and what it's like to be the father of the president.

>> but also that was the toughest decision you made in your life. >> it was, yeah. >> to make that decision. >> it is. >> readers should get a sense that i tried so solve the problem diplomatically not just me but tony blair and our allies that the use of military was the last option. that -- and i believe and i said this in the book, i firmly believe it was the choice was saddam hussein's to make as to whether or not we used force. >> uh-huh. >> i go on to describe that he made the decision to resist inspectors and to not be forthright because he never felt we'd use force. >> and i say what more could i have done? >> a few things on that. he was talking about the letter that his father wrote to him that he got after he ordered the invasion of iraq. a country he knew a lot about. he did the same thing. he knew about the responsibility along with the relationship those two have. something else that's important, our guest coming up, ron kessler in 40 minutes talks about saddam hussein. saddam hussein told george pirro who lived with him for eight

months when they were in prison said i had every intention of reconstituting nuclear weapons within a year and it was a -- it was an elaborate ruse that he had weapons of mass destruction and the general even said to us that every iraqi general that he talked to thought they had weapons of mass destruction that they could be able to gas us as we came in. >> he wanted to appear as the strong man in region just, you know, deflect the other people that might want to take his stuff. as we saw from that interview with an hannity, if you want to get the former president emotional, ask him about his father. brian and i will sit down with the former president later on today. you'll see portions of that interview monday and tuesday right here on "fox & friends." we've got a whole bunch of stuff to ask him about that he's not been asked about so far. the book is 500 pages. there's a lot of things that he's remembering in "decision points." >> we don't have enough time.

i want to pledge allegiance to the flag. >> no, you have to complete the first line. not all 31 words. >> i pledge allegiance to flag. that's where is it stops in a school district here in new york. one of the school board members has quit because this school insists that students every morning say that first sentence of the pledge and then they can drop it basically, they don't have to say the rest in unison. >> right, apparently what they do. they've come up with this great idea. we'll have a character pledge where you talk about character. that's going to take 61 words. and then rather than gloming the pledge afterwards, we'll say that first line. what's that about? are we being unpatriotic? the superintendent says no, we're very patriotic. we salute the flag day and all that other stuff. but still, this board member, this rosemary said i can't believe. we can do a character pledge but can't do the pledge of allegiance. what up with that? >> a lot of -- >> good paraphrasing there.

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>> welcome back on this wednesday, our next guest was an advisor to bill clinton when he face the republican controlled house in the 1990's. with the g.o.p. soon to be back in the driver's seat, can

president obama learn any lessons from that time period? fox news contributor dick morris should know. he was there and he joins us live from connecticut. good morning to you. >> good morning. so clinton moved from the left to the middle. big question is will obama move from the left and he's really left to the middle? >> well, he'll probably try, steve, but there is no middle. the politics has gone so far so the left that what used to be -- that if he moves to the center, it's still way over left. the issues, for example, are we going to roll spending back to the pro obama levels and he could say we'll roll it back but not that far but that's still a leftist position. are we going to raise taxes? the republicans are going to say no. and obama will say yes, maybe just a little. that's still a leftist position. right being a little bit pregnant. and i think that the -- the issues here are basically yes/no issues and they don't admit moving to the center because

there is no center. >> sure. so you're talking about one of the main differences and the reason he won't be able to triangulate as bill clinton did is the issues have changed. >> right. in other words, when you triangulate, you need a right and a left but you also need a middle. you can go to. there is no middle ground between raising taxes and not raising taxes. >> right. >> let's talk a little bit as well about nancy pelosi, the conventional wisdom was if she should lose her speakership, she would say good-bye, i'm leaving. i'm going back to that city by the bay. she's not going anywhere. she would like to become the minority leader. it's great for republicans, isn't it? >> yeah, first of all, i always wanted to make her the minority leader. but durg the campaign, s hinted she might resign the speaker. see how disingenuous that is.

the moderates are all gone. and nancy pelosi can win the speakership because everybody that would have voted against her has already been defeated. >> uh-huh because the people in the middle goes back to your triangulation thing, the issues have changed and we've become very, very polarized. dick, stick around. continue our conversation in a moment and he's going to answer this. are broke states getting their own bailouts from the federal government already? we've got some surprising answers and it's only a matter of time before police catch this bank robber. just follow the money bag and the dye pack inside. yeah, he's the one who just robbed the bank. can somebody please grab him? its great. i eat anything that i want. key lime pie, pineapple upside down cake.

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>> here's a quick check of your headlines. at least three people are dead after a string of bombings in baghdad.

all targeting christians. this is the latest in a string of attacks being blamed on al-qaida. it's believed they're responsible for storming a cathol catholic church earlier this week. the two people running across the street have just robbed a bank north of philadelphia and that trail of smoke is the dye pack exploding turning them and the cash red. the suspects are still on the loose. i think you know what to look for. >> look for the guy in the giant pepto bismol colored cloud. >> all right. good job. good reporting there, alisyn. >> that was fantastic. the incoming republican led house has promised will they be able to keep that promise as more and more states edge closer to the brink of financial collapse? >> that sounds like a question for former presidential advisor and fox news contributor dick morris. it's a priority. what should republicans do and get behind. look at the debt in california and look at the debt in new york. connecticut, 25.

illinois, 24. what do republicans do? >> these states are the new greece. they're going to be first the issue is going to come into congress when the republicans take over because they're going to be lining up for bailouts. they're now dependent on one shot federal revenues that they got as part of the stimulus package and they're going to need another shot of it to stay afloat and the republicans are going to say no and what i hope that the republicans do and i'm pushing this concept is they should go to these states and say look, the reason you're in trouble is because of your union contract much the passions, the wages, the fringe benefits, we'll let you go bankrupt just like delta did or chrysler did, g.m., if you abrigate your union contract like the corporations do and that way you can solve your own problem you and don't need the bailout. in the course of it, we can get in trouble with the states back

to the people who elected the government. >> you know the problem. new york and california have democratic governors. they don't want to be breaking any unions. >> i know they don't want it. the unions will find themselves with a choice between no schools or no contract. >> yeah. interesting idea. >> you know what margaret thatcher said, eventually socialists run out of other people's money. >> she was funny like that. let's talk a little bit about how the democrats -- the house has grabbed -- has been grabbing the republicans and democrats are still remaining control of the senate. one of the reasons is the enormous push by the unions and also the president of the united states was out there trying to appeal to the young people and stuff like that. >> i really feel and i wrote a column about this on my web site dick morris this morning. obama's last minute campaigning basically worked. zogby, the pollster found out that among the 12% of voters that made up their minds how

they were going to vote within six days of the election including those who just decided it in the voting booth, democrats won by 10 points. among the 88% that decided before, republicans won by 10 points so that last minute push by obama, going on "the daily show" and working on the young people vote appearing at colleges worked and it was a big reason for the last minute salvaging of a few of those senate seats. >> that's interesting, as well as his personal approval rating went up according to gallup just this past week. could have been partially from that. all right -- >> partially because he's out of town. presidents always do better when they go out of town particularly this one. >> gone for 10 days then. thank you very much. check it out. dickmorris.com. >> yeah, dick morris has a web site now. straight ahead, did you hear president obama say this? >> we want china to succeed and

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>> president obama traveled to india and said it's becoming one of our most important trading partners. for example, we get more american jobs and they give us -- have we gotten anything out of this? no. we don't get anything. and -- >> fired up. >> that was a good one. >> quick late night, though.

conan o'brien in his debut beat everybody. >> that's right? >> on cbs there from leno to letterman. yeah, four million viewers. >> sometimes that drops off after the curiousity comes off. >> is that what you're predicting? >> possibly. >> i think it's great. >> name them. >> there's a billy, there's a cindy. >> ok. >> anyone have my mirror i can stare into? >> thank you, mr. romper room. >> anybody mind if i get to the news? >> hit it. >> thank you. here are your headlines. terrorist case is set to head to the jury today. he is the first guantanamo bay detainee to be tried in a new york city civilian court. prosecutors say he helped bomb two u.s. embassies in africa in 1998 killing 2224 people including a dozen americans. during closing arguments, prosecutors called him a cold blooded killer and a terrorist. defense says the case is all smoke and mirrors and he was just a fall guy for al-qaida. >> boeing's dream liner continues to be a nightmare. one of the test flights made an emergency landing in texas

yesterday after smoke filled the rear cabin. not supposed to do that. the pilots even lost some control of the controls in the cockpit. thankfully nobody was hurt but it's the latest setback for the boeing 787 which is already three years behind schedule. company was hoping to start delivering the planes in february, that's not gonna happen. >> i don't think so. meanwhile, he said he's cut off funding to health care reform and now senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is going a step further to kill the health care bill. he signed his lawmakers to sign a brief calling it unconstitutional. it will be filed as part a multistate lawsuit challenging the health care law's legality. >> this morning, we're getting our first look at the new september 11th memorial where the world trade center once stood. a massive fountain was tested for first time yesterday where the north tower used to be. it pumps 26,000 gallons of water a minute. over 36 foot high granite wall. beautiful. the $500 million memorial is

called reflecting absent. soon, there will be another fountain at the footprint of the south tower and together, they'll make the largest manmade waterfall in the country. the memorial is scheduled to open next year on september 11, 2011. >> that is beautiful. all right. take a look at what's going on in the weather. and we look at the doppler and the radar combined and as you can see, we've got some lightly scattered showers moving through portions of the pacific northwest down through northern california. a little bit of snow overnight and portions of the central plains. i'm going to show you one more quick map what the temperatures are because brian kilmeade walked away from the camera. it's currently freezing in caribou. it's 32 there. about the same for cleveland. out west, cold spell as well. middle part of the country got 50's and 60's and brian is back in position. let's wrap things up. daytime high of 70 in chicago. close to 80's in portions of texas and the gulf coast as well.

all right. meanwhile, it's time for a look at sports. >> i thought for a while lebron james, chris bosh and dwayne wade would go undefeated in miami. they're having problems. they failed to make it nine straight wins over the jazz. they're at home. james passes upwards to wade. who knew he could touch the rim? he went up 19. lebron, he doesn't need a last name. pass underneath to lebron. which is second to last. utah would say uh-uh. it would be a night for paul metcalf. he got over 40 points forcing overtime. both free throws with four seconds left in the extra period. utah would win 116-114 over miami. hard to party after that one. baseball, american league's gold glove winners were announced. ken griffey who ties ken griffey jr. for the most by an outfielder.

mark xtiera grabbed an award. they also get gold gloves. mark pearl and longoria and paul crawford took home the owner as did the minnesota catcher and seattle's player. the national league awards come out today. fans who heckled tiger woods at the australian master this week will find themselves booted from the course. yep, stay home, stuart varney, ok? the herald sun reports they're being warned not to harass tiger for his bedroom scandals or they'll be asked to leave the victoria gold club. last year, woods was seen at the event with rachel uchetel, one of his reported mistresses. i haven't heard anything about this. it's only been a year since this broke. >> she was there. >> she's holding the rope. >> she is. >> can you believe it's only been a year? by the way, coming up on "kilmeade & friends" first hour we'll be doing an interview with george bush and joining the show, we are going to -- you're going to come up and talk about the interview after and then hemmer and maccallum will be

joining he in the third hour on the radio. kilmeade and friends.com, check it out. hopefully we'll have a clip. >> we will. china downgrading credit for the entire united states of america but president obama insists we need china and we need to support them. >> we want china to succeed and prosper. it's good for the united states. >> does he have a good point? or is the president surrendering? stuart varney joins us live right now. >> the president is under sharp attack about our spending, our debt and in particular, flooding the world with dollars. now -- >> the qe-2. >> forget the joargon. president is walking into a lion's den. over the next two days, he'll attend this g20 summit, it's all about currency and trade. it's us vs. china and china is saying get lost, america. we are not going to raise the

value of our currency. better yet, we're just reporting a $27 billion trade surplus for last month. that's china so that's saying get lost. the president is staking out, rather defensive position going into this big meeting. that's what's happening. >> is he trying to sort of compliment them going into the meeting so everybody is on their best behavior and good graces? >> let me say a word in his defense, it's not that america is surrendering here. that's an extreme. that's not the case. we're staking out a negotiating position. we're saying hey, look, china, ok. you're not going to raise the value of your currency. we got it. but we are going to lower the value of our currency. >> make it more attractive. >> yeah. we're lowering the value of the dollar and we're not going to quit until you guys -- you chinese, you come to the table and start making a deal here because we inflict pain on china by lowering the dollar. >> so you're saying that it's not an embarrassment, ben bernanke makes this $600 billion

cash infusion and goes to the printing press. >> i'm saying it might be -- i'm saying no such thing. i am saying that's probably the wrong thing to do in these circumstances. >> but? >> the fed is independent from the administration doing what they think needs to be done for the american economy. i'm not saying that at all. i am saying that we're staking out a position as we walk to the lion's den and we're not surrendering here. it may be a decent negotiating position to take. >> do you think it's curious that the president while he's doing this asian trip is not going to china. >> i think he went to china soon after his inauguration, i think. >> it was an embarrassment. >> right, he came away with nothing. this is a very difficult situation here. by lowering the value of the dollar, make no mistake about it. we're importing inflation into america, jacking up the price of gold, you name it. that's what we're doing. probably not going to get much

out of this meeting and the president is walking literally into a lion's den. you can expect some real fireworks over the next two days. don't normally get that kind of thing in these big high level meetings. this time you probably will. >> i saw a german diplomat talking about saying he wants to reign in the value of our currency at the same time they're lessening theirs. those are the words. i took two years of german in high school. i was able to translate in my head. no, they translate for me. >> that's what the germans called us, clueless. >> videotape. that's german. >> that's french. >> it's french. >> it is. >> it's in my language as well. >> interesting. what's happening on your show? >> mark lanier, trial lawyer you love to hate. he's the man who made millions and ask how much he can take out of b.p. and another story, did you know in the last two years, the number of federal workers making $150,000 a year has

doubled under president obama. >> yeah. >> good story. >> thanks. >> does that look like the word you were thinking about? >> how do you say -- oh, yeah. it's a videotape. >> clueless. >> bookerel. >> the germans have a different word for everything. >> it's amazing! >> i have to give them credit. >> you're welcome. >> all right. you know the president is surrounded by secret service agents but what else do you know about them? like the fact that president bush was assigned the fastest runners because of his daily jog. more secrets revealed about the secret service. >> brian joins us. a brazen attack on a man in a wheelchair fights back. >> oh, boy! hey, did you ever finish last month's invoices?

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>> couple of quick headlines for you on this wednesday morning. charlie rangel's congressional ethics trial is set to start monday morning. the first day of the lame duck session. rangel, newly elected in new york city is accused of 13 violations. stand by for news. a guy accused of robbing a convenience store in vancouver gets busted by a man in the wheelchair. the paraplegic grabbed the robber by the neck and threw him down. he got pulled out of his chair but managed two other heroes hold the thief until the cops came and arrested him. that guy is amazing. mr. kilmeade? >> hit mim with a slippery when wet sign. have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall in the oval office? now you can be. the secret service agents that surround our president now

revealing what happens behind the scenes. ron kessler in his best selling book on paperback writes this. in the president's secret service, that's the name of the book "in the president's secret service." it's an excellent book. you have a new chapter in it and you included the salahis crashing the first party the president threw at the white house. tell us what you included and what you found out about it. >> well, that was a direct result of what's been going on in the secret service which even includes not putting people through metal detectors at some events. it's unbelievable. like letting passengers into an airplane without going through metal detectors and also a feeling that management won't back the agents. the agents themselves are very brave and courageous. dick cheney's daughter would insist her friends be taken by agents to restaurants and they refuse as they should have but she was able to get her detail removed over that. so management instead of backing the guy doing his job removed

them. that sent a message to the white house from the secret service, gee, if we turn away the salahis at this event and turns out they should have been there, we could have been in trouble. >> that's what your research showed. bring some color to the white house. george w. bush, what was special about him and agents especially when it came to his run sng>> bush was very competitive about his running and always wanted to win. the agents would assign the very best runners to try to keep up with him. but both he and laura were very considerate with agents in contrast to jimmy carter who was known as the phoniness president by the secret service. he would pretend to carry his own luggage or he would give the luggage to aides to carry as soon as the cameras were gone. >> he also told agents don't say hello to me. >> unbelievable.

here's this guy who pretends to be this jolly peanut farmer and behind the scenes, he was the nastiest president they've ever seen. he would also come into the oval office sometimes at 5:00 in the morning and tell the press office to tell the press he was in there working hard for the american people at 5:00 a.m. and then he would nod off to sleep on the sofa. >> fantastic. so he only had one term to do that. ronald reagan, affriable as he seemed with agents. >> totally like he seemed on tv. he would joke with them, tell them stories. one time he was getting into the elevator at the residence and they came up and told them about the affair that gary hart was running with president was having with donna rice and it was going to be in the paper next day. reagan said boys will be boys and went up in the elevator with his agent. as he was getting out, he says to the agent, boys will not be president. >> interesting. lyndon johnson, when he was v.p., you have a story about

him. he was running late for a meeting with the president. >> he was totally out of control. he was late for a meeting with j.f.k. driving along pennsylvania avenue from the capitol and it was rush hour. and because they were late, johnson told the agent who was driving, drive up on the sidewalk. drive up on the sidewalk. get there faster. well, the sidewalk was full of people, pedestrians coming out of office buildings. the agent, of course, refused, johnson hit him on the head and said, you're fired. >> wow. ron, this is an excellent book. that's why it's a bestseller. look forward to reading it in paperback. ron kessler, thanks so much. the name of the book is "in the president's secret service." thanks, ron. >> thanks, brian. >> meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, a billionaire paying some of the smartest kids in the country to drop out of school. why he says he's doing them a favor. first government using federal money to launch a war on salt. shouldn't lawmakers be telling you what to eat? a fair and balanced debate next. i'm thirsty.

>> all right. first, it was sugar. now it's salt. new york city mayor michael bloomberg is now targeting salt in frozen foods and soups. the proposal is based on research that says too much salt increases the risk for stroke and heart attack. and to drum up support, new york is putting up ads like this one. is it just another case of the government overstepping its role? for a fair and balanced debate, we're joined by lori roman, the presses of salt institute and a nutritionist. good morning, ladies. >> good morning. >> i want to start with you, these anti-soup ads will be on subway posters for the next two months. the campaign costs $370,000. most of it from the federal government. is that the best use of taxpayer money? >> i think it is, it's been

very, very significant to be educating our population on the significance of salt. many people don't realize how important it is to be cutting out salt in our diets. really start paying attention to packaging. many people have no idea how important it is, how risky it is. >> the ads say too much sodium can lead to heart attack and stroke. lori, that's obviously a public health concern. do you agree with sharon? >> well, it's true there's a small percentage of the population that should under a doctor's care should monitor their salt intake. but it's very dangerous for bureaucrats to vilify what is an essential nutrient. you need it to live and it's very dangerous for them to put americans on a one size fits all low sodium diet because there are serious side effects to low sodium diets that they never mention including ironically, an increase in the level of heart attacks for cardiac patients put on low sodium diets which was a

study but out through the albert einstein school of medicine in new york city. a recent study in the last couple of weeks showed that healthy people put on a low salt diet developed insulin resistance within just seven days and that's a precursor to diabetes so there are some serious side effects. it's not for everyone. when you have a bureaucracy putting everyone on the same diet, it doesn't make sense. >> sharon, your response? >> the majority of the population really is affected by the salt intake that we're taking right now and i think that majority of people don't have any idea the amount of salt that they're intaking. >> i want to interrupt you for a second. each at your job as a nutritionist, some say you will be educating people and the federal government and the city government should be butting out of it. >> i think that the problem is that most people don't even realize that the amount of salt that they're intaking and they don't have any idea how to read a food label and i think that just the awareness that they should start paying attention to the foods that they're intaking and really start paying

attention to foods and start looking at packaging and that's the significance with salt. i think salt is something no one thought about. always concerned about fat and calories originally. start paying attention. >> you're suggesting a heightened awareness. last word. >> the government is behind the times on this. the new science that has come out really shows that they're wrong. in fact, just a few weeks ago, harvard scholars came out with a study that showed although hypertension has been rising in the united states, sodium intake has stayed almost exactly the same for 40 years which indicates that salt is not the culprit here. it indicates that probably obesity is a better place to look. but the government is not keeping up with the science on salt. and unfortunately, they're -- they're really behind the times. >> lori roman, sharon richard, thank you very much for coming in for the debate. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> all right, fight over your food is not stopping at salt. now, sarah palin is fighting back like a mama grizzlies against schools that want to

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>> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, november 10th. i'm alisyn camerota in for gretchen. the department of defense says they have no idea what this mysterious object is. but don't worry, it's not a threat. this morning, a possible explanation but will you buy it? >> good news is if that makes you feel better, it's leaving this world. nancy pelosi giving herself a round of applause. the soon to be former speaker of the house throwing a party for the democrats. what accomplishments will she be celebrating? we'll tell you. >> meanwhile, president george w. bush telling all gets emotional when asked about taking america to war. >> so that was the toughest decision you made in your life? >> yes. >> more on the life changing decision and getting personal about his dad.

"fox & friends" hour two for a wednesday starts right now. >> i don't know if you noticed or not but in the last five minutes while you were conducting the salt talk, brian and i have a fixed little logo, these belong to the united states marine corps because today is their 235th birthday. >> those are very handsome, steve. i really like those. i don't know if you've noticed, in the past one minute, i've affixed a more beautiful pin to my lapel also from those fine gentlemen at the marine corps. they've given me this and they say this beautiful rose was designed and created as a symbol of patience, pride and skill of the marine corps. >> pins for major jimmy witlock. we thank him. you know what -- where the conventional wisdom of the birthplace of the marine is, a

tavern in philadelphia. on this date, all across the world, marines will be pausing to reflect upon the great organization that they have been a part of and cut some cake. that's what we're going to do this hour. >> some of the best ideas come out of great bar talk. i mean, fantastic. playing darts, came up with the marines, good idea. we'll actually meet these marines. >> we will. >> celebrate their 235th birthday as they cut the cake with a sword. >> thank you. >> guys, for coming down today. >> look forward to talking to you guys. >> first thing is first. tell us what's happening. >> while you were sleeping, president obama touched down in seoul, south korea. now video of him arriving there with the world leaders. julie kirtz is live in d.c. with the latest. what are we expecting? >> hi, alisyn. he landed a few years ago. 50,000 people mobilized for the g20 summit. he's in seoul to talk to the leaders of the world's top economies. his message, jobs, income and spending are the big contributions the u.s. can make

to global recovery. one controversial topic at the summit is the fed's decision to pump $600 billion into the u.s. economy. now, obama arrived in south korea a little early. air force one leaving indonesia ahead of schedule because of volcanic ash in the air. at the university of indonesia last night, obama delivered a speech again reaching out to the muslim world. here's the president. >> just as individuals are not defined solely by their faith, indonesia is defined by more than its muslim population. but we also know that relations between the united states and muslim communities have frayed over many years. as president, i've made it a priority to begin to repair these relations. >> we're all god's followers, he told the crowd there in seoul. obama meets with the presidents of south korea and china that will give a speech to u.s. troops serving in south korea on thursday which is veterans day. back to you guys. >> thank you so much for that.

meanwhile, the rest of your headlines. we begin with that rescue on the high seas. the carnival splendor was left stranded in the pacific ocean and it's being towed to shore this morning. the u.s. navy also helping out using helicopters to deliver boxes of food. this rescue coming just in time for the splendor's 4500 passengers. they've not had air conditioning or running water since the ship lost power on monday. oh, boy. norad says whatever that jet stream was that streaked across the southern california sky, it did not pose a threat to the united states. news cameras caught what appeared to be a missile headed over the pacific ocean leaving behind a long trail of vapor. but still no one seems to be able to say exactly what this was. some experts suggest it was a jet plane. others say it's an optical illusion. both the pentagon and the military have denied any missile launches. the head of the country's largest public school system is stepping down. for eight years, new york city education chancellor joel klein

oversaw 1.1 million students and a $21 billion budget. >> for me, education will always be at the core of my life's work. indeed, i don't think anything is more important to the future of this country. you cannot continue to fail to educate our kids and hope to have the country we want it to be. >> he will become an executive vice president at news corp, fox's parent company. his replacement will become the city's first female chancellor and sarah palin not happy with some school talk of limiting students' sugar intake. when she visited a christian school in pennsylvania yesterday, palin brought a treat for the kids. cookies. former alaska governor blasting a report that claimed the state board of education was considering a limit on sugary snacks. the board of education is now denying that report. >> those are your headlines. intriguing. >> ok. let's -- so what's going on with your taxes? everybody wants to know. will the bush era tax cuts that

are supposed to sunset at the conclusion of this year, will they go out of business or be revived? here's where things stand as of 7:05 eastern time on this wednesday morning. the president says he's open to compromise. right? john boehner who is probably going to be speaker says he wants a permanent extension or nothing at all. orrin hatch suggested perhaps we should extend it through the next election cycle and democrats are proposing extending tax cuts but they've got a big, fat catch attached to that. >> their catch is they're going to overhaul the system. they said for two years, why don't we, for example, ken conrad says for two years, why don't we keep the current rates. at that time, we'll pledge to overhaul the entire system. >> entire tax code. >> the entire tax code. >> good. >> i'm not optimistic that they can get together on anything that will be -- after seeing the health care debate, the immigration debate, the deficit debate, i don't know why they could do that. what they would be doing is kicking the can down the road for at least two years but the

republicans might say wait a second, we have never had so much momentum. we have never had so much power, maybe this is the time we dig in and make him sign off on it for good. >> well, and maybe simplifying the tax code which as you said is what senator kent conrad of north dakota and senator evan bayh of indiana want to do. maybe that's a bipartisan issue. i mean, simplifying it is what they're suggesting and they're untying it to the extension for two years of the tax cuts. they want to do that and they say in doing so, they would make it more competitive for u.s. companies overseas. >> that's what republicans want. republicans want u.s. companies to have a more competitive tax rate and republicans want to streamline the system. >> as do these guys. >> democrats for the most part want the deficit reduction so they're putting on the table right now two ideas, here's one for you and one for me. will it go anywhere? stand by. >> ok, what is nancy pelosi thinking? that's how i get up every day.

today i found out. i picked up "usa today." you can pick it up, most of the time it's for free and doesn't get that smudgy stuff on your hands. she wrote an editorial and i'm wondering what parallel universe she's enjoying life in. she's talking about celebrating and looking back at their accomplishments. >> after a productive session of congress. >> well, here's what she says. as we go forward, we welcome republican ideas about job creation. >> that's big of her. >> though they elected a new majority in congress, americans did not vote for special interests. they voted for jobs. >> which she claims she did. >> what she's saying in the op ed is now, you know what? g.o.p. ideas, welcome here. >> we're willing to listen to the republicans now after her party took a thumping according to "usa today." >> she's about to become minority leader, i think, although two democratic leaders -- congresspeople say can we

wait on this while we do this? it's big on the minority leader to decide she's going to listen to republican ideas. it's a big idea to give up the g gavel. she calls the 110th congress job creators. >> she's clearly feeling -- she's feeling frustrated that she didn't get more credit and her party didn't credit for all the the legislation that she muscled through so she spells out all of the things that she did. i mean, obviously, the disconnect is that many people did not want that legislation and that's why they voted against it two weeks ago but she spells it all out. >> right. and so what's happening now this afternoon, this morning, the op ed came out in "usa today." this afternoon at 3:30 in the caucus room, let's see, 345 cannon office building in washington, d.c. on capitol hill, she is throwing a party to celebrate the accomplishments of congress. what's interesting, though,

about this -- >> is anyone going to be there? 60 no shows. >> a lot of people will be there because they're about to lose their job. a lot of people were voted out a week and a day ago. and it's interesting, as she celebrates the accomplishments, many people who will be leaving public service as of january are leaving public service because the people in their district said we don't like that you voted for cap and trade or health care or financial reform. >> you know what? there's no party more wild than that of a loser. honestly. i've been to some of these parties for presidential candidates that have lost, it's been the most wild thing i've ever seen. >> she doesn't sound like shooez a loser. >> some people have said this is an elect me minority party. this isn't necessarily celebrating their wins. she's trying to garner good -- >> you want that rum and coke? vote for me. >> i didn't know you were a member of the loser party, alisyn. >> more boozer than loser. >> president bush is the 43rd president of the united states

and he won election twice and he's looking back after two years of virtual silence on his administration, looking back at the last eight years and telling us what it was like making those key decisions and he did it with sean hannity at his ranch. here's a little bit under -- about what it was like speaking publicly and how sometimes he was misunderstood. >> you realize over time that you had multiple audiences. >> i did. >> the american people, you had the world stage. >> well, on "bring em on". >> there are some who feel that the conditions and such that they can attack us there. my answer is bring em on. >> in that case, i mean, i was sending encouraging words to our troops. i'm the commander in chief for incredibly brave people and somebody says the enemies are after them. nobody is going to defeat our troops. my message was you're the best. my message bring em on, you will not shake the will of this commander in chief. >> the thing about the modern president is, of course, every

word is analyzed. >> sometimes i didn't get my words right. and i never -- i tell these audiences i speak to, you know, you didn't elect me because i was shakespeare. and i fully understood, though, being president and trying to be, you know, liked. i mean, but isn't almost counterintuitive, to get elected don't you need to be liked? >> well, i think you need to be respected. >> you guys have a big day today. >> yes indeed. brian and i will be sitting down with the president of the united states, former president bush coming up very shortly. you will see that interview exclusively, the questions we ask on "fox & friends" on monday and tuesday. >> i must say, you guys always do ask very different questions than really anybody else in the business. you really do. it's great. so i look forward to seeing what you pull out of your hat. >> really? >> uh-huh. >> i got the sense that maybe there's some of the questions that you don't understand why we ask. >> i love them! they really are offbeat. i'm not kidding.

>> the question is there's been so much around monday and tuesday, what can we bring you different? we think we have a way. >> we do. >> 500 pages. stand by for that. it's the republican establishment vs. the tea party. we'll talk to republican congressman jed hensarling for a face-off with michelle bachmann for a leadership role in the congress. will the republicans owe the tea party that seat? >> hugh heffner is in big trouble. why he's going to be forced to give up the crown jewel of his empire, the playboy mansion. what? >> going to repossess his jammies. >> president obama is in indonesia. he told the people because their country is on the other side of the woshld, many americans don't know much about indonesia. has nothing it do with the other side of the world. that's our educational system, ok? most americans don't know where canada is, ok? it has nothing to do with the other side of the world. thank you. [ male announcer ] got a cold? [ sniffles ]

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>> they may have won the fight to reclaim the house of representatives but the next hurdle for the republicans could pit conservative against conservative. >> republican whip erric canto is speaking out about perhaps a battle brewing over g.o.p. conference chair. listen to this. >> we are fortunate in the republican conference to have two good conservatives in line for this position. both jeb and michelle have a reputation as being some of the most commonsense community conservative, constitutional conservatives in our conference. >> uh-huh. >> well, congressman jeb hensarling joins us now live from washington. congressman, thanks for joining us. how do you -- how do you view -- how do you view running against michelle bachmann? extremely popular. he c extremely opinionated. high profile. you both want this spot. >> well, i guess technically we're in the same race.

i never could view myself as running against michelle for anything. michelle and i are both good friends. we both were in the conservative caucus, the republican study committee which i chaired in the last congress. we're friends, we're allies, we pledge to each other to win the friendliest race in congressional history. i think we're succeeding. and she brings something to the table. i bring something to the table. and i hope as republicans, conservatives, tea partiers look at us both, hopefully they decide they're in a situation. >> some have said she has a great tea party support, maybe she should get the seat so the tea party would be closer to party there, you know, somebody who has the support, not the -- you know what i'm saying? >> well, all i can say is that by any ranking, i'm one of the most conservative members of the house of representatives. otherwise, i don't think i would have been elected to chair the conservative caucus. i've got a record of when necessary, going up against my

president or my leadership, be it when my majority one time said we couldn't find anymore savings along with mike pence of indiana, we came one $700 billion along with arizona and i led the charge for earmark reform and it's well documented in the last congress. i helped lead the charge against the bailout, against tarp. again, very much respect them but having to go against the grain, against my president and against my leadership and so i hope to some extent i've shown people in the tea party that i cared about their issues and i was willing to buck their system and i want to make sure that republicans don't do what they did last time and not live up to their principles. >> we know whether you get the fourth spot or not, you think you have a plan to save $1.3 trillion. >> absolutely. along with paul ryan who will be the chairman of the budget committee, we've already put forth this summer a plan that would save $1.3 trillion.

frankly that's just a start. eric cantor our soon to be majority leader we'll have votes every single week to save the american people money instead of spend their money and we are dedicated to taking america off the road to bankruptcy. >> when a novel idea. hey, congressman, are you going to the nancy pelosi accomplishments party this afternoon? >> you know, i had my staff look for the invitation, it must have gotten lost in the mail! >> yeah, ok. maybe she's watching right now. she'll just send one over. >> maybe so. commemorative one would be nice to put on the wall. >> all right, republican jeb hensarling, republican from texas. thanks very much for joining us live today. >> thanks for having me. >> going for that leadership position. meanwhile, next, a billionaire paying some of the smartest kids in the country to drop out of school. he's here to defend the controversial offer and says he's doing them a favor. >> and it may be the cutest thing you're going to see all day. a puppy talking in his sleep. look at that. that's adorable! [ male announcer ] welcome to that one time of year

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>> it's time for your news by the numbers on this wednesday. first, a dozen much that's how many engines singapore airlines is going to replace on three of its giant airbus a-380's. qantas may do the same. both have been plagued with recent engine problems. next, 115,000. that's how many west point applications from the national archives will go on line tomorrow. the applications are from the year 1805 to 1866. and include notable names like general george custer and stonewall jackson much that's cool. and $115 million. that's how much playboy founder hugh heffner's empire owes bond holders if they can't come one the dough, he may have to sell the playboy mansion. brian, put away your checkbook.

>> our next guest wants to pay you $100,000 to stop going to college. that is if you have a brilliant plan for a startup company that will revolutionize the technology world. critics say his plan encourages greed over education. billionaire investor is the co-founder and c.e.o. of pay pal and also the original investor in facebook that kept the social network running through the startup phase. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> you want to encourage young entrepreneurs to get involved in science and technology now and they would have to drop out of college to do that. isn't it prudent for them to really finish their undergrad studies and get a degree first? >> when it comes to entrepreneurship and starting businesses, colleges really do not teach people very much. a lot of the greatest businesses in this country were started by people who dropped out of college. steve jobs, bill gates, zuckerberg in the case of facebook and many, many others

in the context. entrepreneur and education are very different. we're not telling people they have to drop out. we're encouraging them to take a two year break and try to do something applied in the real world where they can really move the dial. one of the things that has concerned me a great deal is that the u.s. is not innovating enough in technology. it's not progressing quickly enough on a lot of these things and i'm not sure our education system has been helping on that. >> you bring up mark zuckerberg. there's so much facebook fervor in the country right now since the movie came out. that's a one in a million scenario. shouldn't regular kids have something to fall back on? that's not going to happen for everybody. >> people take a gap year between high school and college, people take time off between college and grad school and i think it's actually very important for people to think about where their education is going and what they want to do with it. people are taking on the order of a quarter million dollars in student loans and debt in college. and unlike a house, we had a

housing bubble that was crazy. but if you couldn't pay your house, you could always walk away. you cannot walk away before your school loans even if you declare bankruptcy. our bankruptcy laws say you have to keep paying them off. if you make a mistake, you're stuck with it for the rest of your life. >> your initiative and you have critics out there. jacob weissberg is against the idea and says this. this threatens to turn the risk taking startup model into a white boy's version of the nba. diverting a generation of young people from the love of knowledge for its own sake and respect for middle class values. basically he's called your initiative nasty and narcissistic and it encourages kids to focus on making money rather than learning. >> we're encurrentlying kids to focus on coming up with things that will change the world and make the world a better place. entrepreneurs typically do not make that much money when they get started and in fact if they have a lot of debt, it may be hard to take high paying but

less socially useful, job to pay off your debts. i think it's the exact opposite of what he says. >> you're taking applications through the end of the year for the 2011 initiative. we'll link your web site to ours at "fox & friends" for people who want to find out more. >> thanks for having me. >> thinking of using your extra cash to pay off your mortgage? not so fast. dave ramsey is here to explain what's best for your bank account and then i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. you know the rest. but some kids might not thanks to a school's controversial decision. then should games like this be allowed in school? teachers defending what animal activests cannot stand.

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>> look at him sleeping with his little doll. >> here comes another one. trying to get comfortable. >> look at theless dog bed. >> what could he possibly be dreaming about? >> he's chasing a cat. >> that's -- this is the cutest thing i've ever seen in my life. he's sleeping with a doll. >> cutest thing in your life? cuter than your own children? >> it might be. that dog is cuter than my own children. i really think he is. >> got a fever? >> no, that looks like a stuffed animal zapped to doggie life. >> very unique to see a dog sleeping on his back, too. >> maybe that's why he's barking. >> every single thing about that is cute. i can't get over that. >> let's put that on a loop for ali and run it the next 90 minutes. >> if you have something cuter than that, e-mail it to us. >> i challenge you to send it.

>> wouldn't it be funny if your husband sends pictures of your children. >> have you told your husband what you do? >> no, he has no idea where i am in the morning. >> you have to get cable. >> he thinks she's a dental hygienist. >> no plaque in that house! >> let's talk about what's going on. at one town in new york, and it's north collins school board has really made some controversy. ever since one of the school board members quit over the lack of the pledge of allegiance bei being said there in unison. somebody begins leading the pledge and after the first line i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, they cut off the intercom and everybody -- it's sort of a free for all after that. >> apparently, what they do is they start with a character pledge, whatever that is. it takes about -- it's less than dlash>> building character for the students. >> and then after that, they mention just that one line. so some are saying that doesn't

seem very patriotic. say the whole pledge. it's only 31 words and it's why that school board member -- >> what do you think? is it ok to get the gist of the pledge? mike in louisiana. having students state only part of the pledge is pathetic! what are they teaching them? it's the same as saying i take you to be my wife and that's it. not bad. if you're in a rush. >> thanks, mike. >> kathy in kalamazoo. >> i hope the kids in that school decide to override the instruction with the backing of their parents and completes the pledge. i'm tired of this. whoever came up with this should be fired. in fact, the kids can say the whole pledge. let's be clear. it's just not in unison of that. >> it ends up being muttered. let's talk about that. you haven't had a chance to read yet. >> it's a tweet we've received from brian's friend. >> that's the problem with tweets, they're nicknames. well, it turns out he says i'm a veteran of the u.s. army. the pledge of allegiance should be said fully. it's about patriotism. thank you, darthdraz.

>> the superintendent says i not about patriotism. they celebrate flag day and they celebrate veterans day, etc. it sounds like it's not a lack of patriotism, it sounds like it's laziness. >> yeah. >> the whole world is in too much of a rush. everything is a text message. >> oh, look at this. before you go, we have something cute. >> look at that. >> that's cute. >> somebody just sent a picture of their pug. >> can we get that side by side? >> we don't know what this dog can do. the other dog could actually bark sleeping. >> that is cute. >> you know the problem with this dog. here's the problem. that dog is trying to be cute. i want a natural cute dog. >> you're saying it's a cute poster. >> yeah. it's a poster. that's a doggie model. >> keep them coming. >> now your headlines. today, the state of alaska begins checking and counting 85,000 write-in ballots to determine who will win the senate race there. republican snjoe miller has fil a lawsuit trying to block any

write in ballots that have the candidate's name misspelled even slightly. that could be trouble for lisa murkowski that staged a fierce write-in campaign. it will likely be weeks before the official winner is announced. right now, right now, the write-in candidate leads by more than 11,500 votes. >> boeing's drem liner continues to be a nightmare. one of the test planes made an emergency landing in loredo, texas yesterday after smoke filled the rear cabin and the pilots lost use of some of the controls in the cockpit. no one was hurt. latest setback for the boeing 787 that is already three years behind schedule. company was hoping to start delivering the planes in february. >> meanwhile, christmas has come early for google employees. the company is giving each of its 23,000 workers a 10% raise and $1,000 holiday cash bonus. >> it's expected to cost google an additional billion dollars per year. why so generous? despite consistently being named

one of the best companies to work for, google has had problems with employee retention in the past. >> is it school spirit or is it mean spirited? one minnesota high school coming under fire for a very unusual test rally fundraiser. >> they say they like 100 schools a year. i don't think that's to have. >> you heard that right. it's not -- no life for a donkey to have. >> right. >> human rights groups -- sorry, pets rights group, peta, is urging freedly high to cancel its upcoming donkey basketball game. they say donkeys are whipped, shoved and abused during the game. >> they don't look like they are. >> event organizers say the event is completely safe and they're not backing down. >> i've played in one of those basketball games at our school. >> who won? >> they made a what out of me? >> they could be doing other things. hauling stuff up the mountain. >> you're an expert on donkeys.

heard once upon a time. >> i'll get in trouble. >> speaking of cute much the first snow of the season finally fell in denver, colorado and fell in jersey two days ago. they're keeping up with us. three weeks later than usual. the city got a dusting yesterday and expecting three more inches tomorrow. further up in the rockies, foot of snow could come down by tomorrow night. meanwhile, quickly, let's take a look at what's going on. look at this. a little lingering activity off the new england coast this morning. snow moving through western portions of the state of nebraska and some rain as well and some rain as well out in portions of the pacific northwest. current readings as you step out the door, as you can see, 49 right now in memphis as the maps populate itself. 40 right now in raleigh. a5 double nickel in tampa. off we go to nashville. >> all right. are you underwater on your home and unsure if you should make

the payments or keep investing? >> or maybe you're thinking about taking out a second mortgage with the lawyer to avoid foreclosure? what's the right move for your family. dave ramsey joins us to answer your questions. i guess first thing's first. answer that question. >> actually let me read the question. >> hey, pete from washington, we are debt free except -- except the house, we have $42,000 left on the mortgage. still have an emergency fund of $26,000 in a mutual fund. is it time to pay off the house or keep paying extra monthly payments on it until it disappears? >> this is what happens when you follow the donkey. >> so what do you think? i mean, people have extra money, are they supposed to invest it in their house or something else? >> keep the emergency fund in place and make sure you're putting 15% of your income away towards retirement. everything above that, i start

throwing at the house. and by teaching lots and lots of families to do that across america, we're seeing people pay off their homes in as quick as seven years. >> it's incredible. listen to this one from california. would you recommend a short sale or letting the bank foreclose on a property that's upside down. my credit is already messed up. >> well, there's degrees of messed up when it comes to credit. foreclosure is right over there next to bankruptcy and so a short sale is better than a foreclosure on your credit, number one. number 2, if you can get the proper kind of a short sale where the bank forgives the difference, that keeps you from chasing it later on the difference. short sale is better than a foreclosurement a deed in lieu instead of a deed instead of. we try to avoid foreclosure any way we can. >> too many people are writing you with these stories over and over again sadly, right? >> well, there's a lot of it out there but we're starting to see on things pretty much recover in a lot of areas.

it's kind of gentle. it's not real exciting. and not exactly a bounce back. but we are seeing a lot of the inventory burn off, a lot of houses are selling. these low interest rates are really attracting people into the market. >> that's good news. thanks so much for joining us for all the advice. >> thanks, guys! >> all right. coming up straight ahead, oklahoma judge blocking a ban on sharia law, the law that says it's ok for husbands to hit their wives. the court says not so fast. is the judge being an activist from the bench? >> ironman cal ripken jr. has a new challenge for kids. we're putting him to the test first. >> and first, trivia question of the day. okay, now here's our holiday gift list. aww, not the mall. well, i'll do the shopping... if you do the shipping.

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>> last tuesday, 70% of oklahoma voters approved a measure that bans sharia law from the state's courtrooms but it didn't stop on election day. >> might look and say you know what? we'll take the rabbi testimony and we'll take the preacher testimony but your testimony is null and void. >> 70% of oklahomans want to save their courts and have courts follow and interpret the law that's before them and not to legislate from the bench. >> legislate from the bench? well, now, a federal judge has temporarily put a ban on hold so is the judge ignoring the will of voters in order to push a political agenda? let's talk to fox legal analyst, peter john junison jr. >> good morning, steve. i don't think the judge is taking a political agenda but i think the judge is exercising caution. at the same time, the judge is saying she believes she will prevail in this case. people who are opposing the proposition in the state of oklahoma that says in oklahoma,

the state courts will not consider international law or so-called sharia law which is islamic law and it was based on this case in new jersey where a guy went kind of scot-free trying to say baseed on my faith, i had an opportunity to beat my wife. that was later reversed but it reflects a concern on a lot of americans parts that foreign law, the imposition of nonamerican law as precedent, in america, the latin, is a bad thing. whether it's sharia law or other law. happened to be roman catholic. i don't want roman catholic law to be applied in the case of criminal cases. so say somehow my acts are excusesed because of my religious beliefs and i don't think, and a lot of americans don't think whether you're jewish or muslim, that should be an excuse for your conduct. >> one other part of this story is the fact that one of the lawmakers who came up with this down in oklahoma said we don't think the guy who has brought

this case up has standing in oklahoma. he may have flown in from georgia, made his case and gotten out. >> the courts say he does have standing and the case is right in that the issues have blossomed enough that there will be a case before the court. it comes down to two things. is the government trying to affect the establishment of a religion in saying we don't want foreign law applied by our judges and is the government interfering with the free exercise of the muslim religion? the man at the beginning of the -- of the segment said well, somehow, we don't want a situation where priests are believed and rabbis are believed and muslim imam, his testimony is discounted. i don't see looking at the proposition that that's any way the intent of the law. the highly emotionally charged issue. great constitutional issue. it probably will go all the way to the united states supreme court. south carolina and arizona is

looking at the same type of legislation. it needs to be looked at rationally, coolly, objectively, within the american constitution and not as a discriminatory tool against anybody. and it doesn't appear that that's in the intent. >> all right, interesting stuff. peter, great to see you. >> have a nice day. >> you as well. >> straight ahead, he was an all star on the baseball diamond but can hall of famer cal ripken jr. hit it out of the park when it comes to math. we'll put him to the test with his own stats when we come back. just decided not to leave the green room and on this date in 1973, the number one song in america "keep on trucking." you're going to be singing this all day. so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? yeah, maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit.

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>> answer to the trivia question, tracy morgan. the winner is not tracy morgan. he came in second. bonnie meyer won. she's from florida. >> all right. he's one of the greatest baseball players of all time and now hall of famer and legend cal ripken jr. lending his name to an on-line competition worth millions of dollars to help students get better, not at baseball but at math. here joining us with the details is a guy named cal ripken jr. welcome back. >> good to be with you. >> why are you in washington, d.c. and not on our couch? >> i couldn't make the trip to new york at this time i'm a little too busy but i'm glad i can join you through the camera. >> let me ask you something, i don't know if you've seen all this information that's coming about america and we're ranked in the world when it comes to education and math. we're in the bottom of the top 30 nations. how did that happen, cal? >> i mean, we're 25. i'm not a big stat guy overall. you can interpret it any way but this stat is really revealing. you know, i'm in a position a

lot of times to advise kids on the importance of their education. but our math scores have to be better than that. i love the math. it was one of my favorite subjects. it helps you so much more in life and we're trying to get that message across through this challenge across this country. >> i've been to your series, you're with a lot of kids. none of them -- almost none of them are going pro. what have you done to combine with this effort? >> well, i mean, the tibbitts came to our world series and they had this game. this interactive math skills game but i was surprised because were attracted to it because it was the fun. the fun of learning. and we do the same thing with teaching baseball. you try to incorporate fun. math needs to be more fun and this game right here will allow you to play a game and compete and have fun and this national competition is on tibbitts.com in case i did a poor job of explaining this morning. you can go on and compete state by state. the benefits are you're going to learn math but there's a lot of great prizes along with it as

well. >> win millions of dollars. you did a great job saying it and we had it on the screen there, too. hey, cal, i'll put you to the test. can you rise to the occasion? >> ok. i'm a student now? >> yes, you are. math problem number one, let's hear the music. cal ripken, you're on the clock. 2632 consecutive games played. 276 career batting average. multiply cal ripken's numbers by cal ripken by 3. the number of pro baseball players in his family. and what do we get, cal? >> all right. 29 -- 24 -- 2 -- 27. eight. 8724. is that right? >> is that correct? sir. >> it is correct. congratulations. math problem number 2. please pay attention. 431 career homers. 19 all star appearances divided by 50 years old. equals what number? >> ok. >> only a three hour show, cal. >> 9. >> joe, is that correct? >> correct.

>> by the way, there is no joe. it's my imaginary friend. cal, congratulations on this. you can play ball and be a scholar and this program is going to be on fox and friends.com with the details. i love the fact that you're branching into education. >> lot of people think you can play sports for a living and not have to worry about that. very few people can, education is important. math is important. >> right. and cal, you made that easy transition from the baseball world to the real world and you've been outstandingly successful and kids are grateful for the league you started and all you do. thanks so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> you think at any point we can hang out, just you and me buddies? >> absolutely. got a lot of time on my hand these days. >> i always get voice mail when i call, though. it's amazing. thanks so much. >> and all the information on our web site coming up shortly. thanks, cal. straight ahead, the nation's weekly jobless numbers released many just a half-hour. will we see a budge for the better or more people out of work? keep your fingers crossed.

president bush opening up about his hardest decision. >> i had the sickening feeling that, you know, we may have shot down a commercial airliner. >> oh, more from an emotional president on his decision point sean hannity top of the

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you can make it in just 14 minutes. mmmh, orange chicken. great. i didn't feel like going out anyway. [ male announcer ] wanchai ferry. restaurant quality chinese in your grocer's freezer. good morning. everyone. it's wednesday, november 10, i'm in for gretchen this morning. the air force, navy and pentagon say they don't know what the mysterious object is. >> steve: flying saucer. >> don't worry, it's not a threat a. possible explanation for these so-called secret missile in the sky and no, it's not a flying saucer. >> steve: even though a military guy said it looked like a missile. >> brian: bottle rocket. >> steve: president obama taking credit for a plan to reach out to the muslim world and ease tension. >> i made it clear that america is not and never will be at war with islam. >> steve: but isn't that pretty much a direct quote from president bush and president bush's playbook? we're going to report and you decide. we'll play both sound bites. >> brian: speaking of president

bush, president george w. bush opening up about one of his hardest decisions, well, one of the hardest ones he's ever made. >> i had the sickening feeling that we may have shot down a commercial airliner. >> brian: the president getting a little emotional when talking about his dad. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> steve: welcome back live. about a half hour ago we showed you these pictures of the sleeping dog. we said it was adorable and we challenged you to send us equally adorable stuff. and you're cooking the e-mail machine. >> brian: incredible. so far did she. >> dana: everything is cute. things are really, really, cute, but not as cute as that dog. but if you think you have a cute photo, keep sending it. >> brian: if you think you're really cute, send it and we'll be the judge of that.

>> steve: really? >> i'm always reluctant to invite things like that. >> brian: too late. i think we're live. >> steve: don't send us pictures of you being cute. next thing you know, we open up -- there could be peril there. somebody might prank us. >> here are your headlines, we start with that rescue on the high sea. the carnival splendor left stranded in the pacific ocean is being towed to shore at this very hour. the u.s. navy also helping out using helicopters to deliver boxes of food. the rescue coming just in time for the 4500 passengers. they have not had air conditioning or running water since the ship lost power on monday. norad says whatever that jet stream was that streaked across the southern california sky, did not pose a threat to the united states. news cameras caught what appeared to be a missile headed over the pacific ocean, leaving behind a long trail of vapor. both the pentagon and the department of defense deny any missile launches by the u.s. or any foreign militaries.

some suggest it was a jet plane. others say it was just an optical illusion. elizabeth smart returns to the witness stand testifying for the third time against her accused kidnapper, mitchell. yesterday she told jurors he threatened to kill her family if she tried to escape and described his foiled attempts to kidnap two other girls, including her cousin. mitchell's attorney says he's not a criminal, but religious zealot plagued by mental illness. we're getting a look at the new september 11 memorial for the world trade center once stood. a massive fountain was tested for the first time yesterday where the north tower used to be. this pumps 26,000 gallons of water a minute over 30-foot high granite walls. $5,900,000,000 memorial is called reflecting absence. soon there will be another fountain at the foot print of the south tower. together they'll make up the largest manmade waterfalls in the country. the memorial is scheduled to open next year on september 11. >> brian: that's a relief to

know the building, they're growing again. that's a positive. >> steve: it took a long time. the g-20 summit will kick off in seoul shortly. the president of the united states arrived there. yesterday he was in indonesia, a land where he left 40 years earlier and spent a number of years there with his family. it's interesting, though, because last night at jakarta university of indonesia, in front of about 6500 people, mainly students, he gave a speech that was regarded and built up as being kind of a follow-up to the cairo speech he gave a year and a half ago, where he made an outreach to the muslim community and muslim world. here he is touching on that last night. >> relations between the united states and muslim communities have frayed over many years. as president, i have made it a priority to begin to repair these relations. i made it clear that america is not and never will be at war with islam. instead, all of us must work together to defeat al-qaeda and

its affiliates. >> brian: again, a lot of people think, hear that? we're still apologizing and are we restating something that we said clearly eight years ago, president bush made that clear even after 9-11, we're not at war with islam. let's look back. >> the war against terrorism is not a war against muslims. nor is it a war against arabs. it's a war against evil people who conduct crimes against innocent people. >> president obama's speech made it sound a bit like it was a new policy rather than saying we never have been at war with the muslim world and we never will be, he's saying, i've made it a priority of my administration to do this. noting his predecessor did as well. >> steve: sure. this is his second international trip where he has made that an issue, but as ali just said, george w. bush said that up in the shadow of 9-11.

brian and ali and i were talk being this earlier, if you don't want to shake hands with somebody, don't stand in the receiving line where you shake hands. >> brian: right. i would think that is something your mom teaches you early on, like -- >> steve: when you grow up and you're in the receiving line, son. >> brian: and i mom doesn't talk like that. but the president has to go to south korea of the watch the first lady. does she look as though she's forcing herself on that official? >> no, she does not. particularly because he, as you can see there, grips her with both of his hands. >> steve: look at that. >> he's described as a conservative muslim government minister and he had to do some damage control. >> steve: why? >> because he makes it a policy never to touch women outside of his immediate family. so he sent out this tweet in the aftermath of this handshake heard around the world. it said, i tried to prevent being touched with my hands, but

mrs. michelle held her hand too far towards me, so we touched. now, some have suggested that the big grin he had on his face also suggested that perhaps he wanted to. >> brian: and the hand over the hand. >> steve: he didn't look like he was in pain. he was happy to be shaking her hand and i'm sure it looked like it was a big thrill to him. for him to suggest that she -- that's crazy. this same guy, by the way, according to some of the news reports out of that area, he made a joke once about having aids. he also blamed natural disasters on a lack of morality, and one woman journalist says this youtube video that is very popular right now, that will make it hard for him to wiggle around shaking women's hands going forward. >> brian: exactly. everyone has their own policy and quirks. but not touching any women outside your family, that is not a common policy. >> steve: you mean handshaking. >> brian: handshaking women. i will do that. personally and so will you.

>> meanwhile, let's talk about president bush who has been on his book tour. he sat down with sean hannity and he has said a lot of things we have never heard before, including what went on in the decisions he made immediately after 9-11. listen. >> randy card -- andy card comes in and says the white house is targeted, we need to take you out. i said, i'm not leaving. i said, have a minimum staff there, if need be, put the vice president in another area. but i wasn't leaving. i'm tired of leaving. i didn't want the enemy to know that they could make me move around at their whim. we're in a psychological war against these people in many ways. in the book i describe my frustrations about not being in washington on 9-11. eventually after having gone to louisiana and nebraska, i said, i'm coming home. >> you remember these days as coming back to you. i can tell.

>> it was tough. >> because the decision about maybe having to take out american -- >> yeah. first of all, there is -- i wasn't getting clear department. the report the state department was attacked. all of a sudden i'm told a plane goes down. i didn't have any details about it, but i had this sickening feeling that we may have shot down a commercial airliner. of course, i got the details shortly after. it was a difficult period. >> steve: it's interesting, in the book, and we've all read it as well, early on in 2001 after he took the presidency, he thought he was going to be the education president. suddenly he was a war time president. here he is, another sound bite with sean where he talks about confiding with his father, george herbert walker bush, who was also a war time president. >> it was such a touching response. i hope that the reader of the

book will have a better sense of my dad, his compassion and what it's like to be the father of the president. >> also that was the toughest decision you made in your life? >> it was. >> to make that decision. >> the reader should get a sense that i tried to solve the problem diplomatically. not only mow me, but tony blair and our allies. military was the last option and i believe and i said this in the book, i firmly believe the choice was saddam hussein's to make as to whether or not we use force. i go on to describe that he made the decision to resist inspectors and not be forthright because he never felt we'd use force. i say, what more could i have done? >> brian: he is on the record going to the u.n. twice for resolutions and it's all in the book and we hopefully will cover some of that ground monday and tuesday. >> i'm looking forward to that,

for your sit down interview with all the new questions you'll ask him. >> steve: 500 pages. there is lots to talk about. >> brian: also he does something kind of unique. he says if there is anything wrong in the book, it's my fault. right now, california is $94 billion in debt. will democrat governor elect jerry brown be able to get their finances into shape? >> dana: william lajeunesse has been looking at the phenomenon and joins us live from los angeles. good morning. >> you may not live in california, you may not even like california, but as the world's eighth largest economy, the u.s. can't afford to let this state go bust, which it appears headed again at warp speed with governor jerry brown at the helm. here is the irony. when it comes to electing liberal democrats to sacramento, we do that, but on tuesday californians really acted like republicans when it comes to the economy. for instance, we said no to a new car tax, no to taking more

money from states and cities, and no more imposing fees or surcharges pretending they're not taxes. >> the voters said here is how much money you have. you are not going to raise taxes. the voters rejected all tax increases and restricted increases in fees and basically said to the legislature, here is the amount of money you have. now you have to allocate it. >> now, if that isn't bad enough, there is about $12 billion in expiring taxes that arnold schwarzenegger had 12 billion that jerry brown will not. including almost 6 billion in sales taxes gone, 3.7 in income taxes gone and billions more in license fees and tax credits gone. >> california has become an economic basket case. it is a poster child for mismanagement and i think that even washington is going to

start to say, we're not going to dump anymore money down a black hole. >> so the state has between a 12 and $19 billion deficit. it sounds like a broken record. but washington this time will not be around to bail california out. that means no stimulus to keep transportation workers employed and also means none of these build america bonds, which are basically federal taxpayers helped underwrite california's debt because we couldn't afford to do it. the bottom line is, democrats own sacramento and because voters said no more two-thirds majority to pass the budget, they will not have arnold schwarzenegger or obstructionist republicans or george bush to blame for the state's problem. >> steve: they own the debt. william lajeunesse, thank you. >> brian: joe tory, because he quit as manager of the dodgers. >> the president calling out israel for its decision to build homes on land. why so vocal about israel? a friend of the u.s., but silent when it comes to america's other

enemies? >> steve: then a robber gets blind sided during a brazen attack when a guy in a wheelchair fights back. and brian? >> brian: we are commemorating the 235th birthday of the united states marine corps. "fox & friends" in two minutes. thanks for your service. happy birthday, guys.

>> president obama sending a strong message to israel over its plans to build over a thousand new housing units in east jerusalem. >> this kind of activity is never helpful when it comes to peace negotiations and i'm concerned that we're not seeing each side make the extra effort involved to get a breakthrough

that could finally create a framework for a secure israel living side by side in peace with a sovereign palestine. >> steve: some wonder why is president obama so vocal about israel, but remains largely silent when it comes to america's real enemies in the middle east. on our panel, new york congressman michael grim. democratic strategist, robert zimmerman, and syndicated columnist and author of "fogs" which is not my life story. michael, let's start with you. does it seem to you that this president has at times lectured our friends and let the enemies escape? >> i don't think there is any question about it. right now we should be sending a clear message that we need to strengthen our relationship with israel and free conditions is -- preconditions is exactly what we don't need.

if we're going to have an open discussion and really push towards peace talks that are going to be meaningful, then the last thing we need is preconditions. by nature, this is a precondition to stop building. >> steve: robert, it's not like jerusalem is a settlement. jerusalem is the capitol of israel. >> of course. that's why i differ with the president's perspective on the issue of settlements and disagree with the statement he made. but my greater concern for israel is when it becomes a tool of partisan talking points in the united states and both parties engage in that practice, unfortunately. the reality is president obama has pursued a strong and aggressive policy in support of israel. we're play ago credit -- >> steve: sounds like he's talking down to them. >> but the point is, foreign aid is at the same strong levels it was during the bush administration. military support remains high and the greatest challenge is -- one of the consequences of the iraq war is that iran is now become more empowered in the region and that's where we have got to focus our efforts and the president has put in place the toughest sanctions against iran that have ever been put in place in history.

>> steve: you're going to be the tie breaker here. >> absolutely no doubt, since the beginning of the administration, they've been harsh and critical of israel. in this way, there is no doubt also it's somewhat unfair. the reality is not just israel, it's jerusalem. but israel is being pressured because israel can give. israel is flexible. israel has some sort of power, whereas iran is not bending. the palestinians are not bending on anything. so the people could actually give something back is israel and it's unfortunate in that particular way and unfortunate in terms of policy. >> the delegitimatization of israel is unfortunate. if throughout the world there is a problem of that, and these words mean a lot because it's -- >> steve: robert disagrees and he'll have to talk to you during the commercial. coming up next with our panel,

time running out to extend the bush era tax cuts and it seems nobody can agree. so which side is he likely most to come down upon? we'll talk about that. sarah palin going mama grizzly walking over schools that now want to regulate how much sugar students eat. don't expect any sweet talk from her.

>> alisyn: quick headlines. a usa today report out this morning says the number of government workers making at least $150,000 a year is ten times higher than it was five years ago. that number has doubled since president obama took office. a guy robbing a convenience store in vancouver gets busted by a man in a wheelchair.

he grabbed him by the neck and threw him down. he got pulled out of his chair, but still managed to help two others hold the thief until the police came. let's go to steve. >> steve: thanks. the first priority for congress as it returns for a lame duck session on monday, the bush era tax cuts, what are they going to do? president obama wants them ohm for people making less than $250,000 a year. republican senator orrin hatch says extend them for everybody for two years. minority leader john boehner says the only option is make them permanent for everybody. so what's the solution? let's talk to our panel once again. congressman-elect michael grim, robert zimmerman and micah halprin. robert, let's start with you, sure, now the democrats want to do some negotiating after they lost the mid terms in the house. >> in fairness, the reason this was not put to a vote in the last congress is because you had many democrats in the house and senate that were for some

compromise on extending the tax cuts, but the real challenge is going to be how well the congressmen elect does his job. if we're going to be able to -- >> steve: are you lobbying the guy next to him? >> i am. because i want to see it talked about in this campaign f. we reduce the deficit, we can have them be permanent. that's the real challenge. the other issue we have to examine is, we've heard a lot about what the new republican congress is against. but now they're divided on earmark, they're flip flopping on that, also flipping on the tax cut proposal. we want to know what they stand for. >> steve: let's go back to the whole issue of tax cuts, congressman-elect. what do you think? >> no question. they should be made permanent for now. permanent, permanent. the last thing we need right now is an increase in taxes. i reject the premise of cuts. let's not raise taxes right now. we're in a recession. the word cuts is where we get into the back and forth. let's not raise taxes. it doesn't make sense.

>> steve: all right. micah. >> what's going to happen in washington is that the new congress has to come in and find their legs. it will be difficult. people are strutting. there is no doubt. that's all politics. the reality is that the culture in washington is about compromise. and a split house is exactly that. it's going to take a little time, but compromise is really what happens in washington and it's totally contrary to what the election is about. >> steve: what do you think, congressman-elect, about ken conrad and evan bayh speaking at a peterson foundation yesterday and talking about, okay, we got this plan. how about if we extend them for at least -- we're not going to put a time frame on it. let's just extend all the tax cuts until we completely redo the tax code. >> again, i think that there is three things we need to do. what's the ultimate goal? >> steve: no tax. >> i think that's where we have problems, it's about how do we get there? let's start with the premise, the first thing is, where do -- we need to grow the economy. so the last --

>> steve: i think we would all agree. >> so one part of it is not raising taxes. the other thing is giving incentives to the small business owners and the entrepreneurs that create the jobs. and ultimately, let's make the united states a friendlier business. >> part of that process is reducing the deficit. i'm for extending the taxes. >> steve: that's what the democrats say. they say let's redo the tax owed so we can work on the deficit. >> that's critical here. >> steve: so good luck. the ball is in your court now, congressman-elect. micah, congratulations on your election and happy birthday to the united states marine corps. great debate. straight ahead, she camped overnight at the state house to make sure the bill got filed. representative from texas debbie riddle, who helped write texas proposed illegal immigration law will join us live coming up shortly. we showed you this puppy. talking in its sleep. we asked you if you could top the cutest pick of the day. we've got your submissions coming up. and as the congressman-elect

mentioned, we're helping commemorate the birthday of the u.s. marine corps. don't go away. "fox & friends" continues in two minutes. smile, guy, you're on tv!

>> alisyn: fox business alert for you. the labor department releasing the weekly unemployment claims right now. 435,000 new claims were filed last week. that's less than economists

anticipated. they were expecting 450,000 claims. let's go right now to our "fox business" network peter barns. hi, peter. >> hi. that number did come in a little lower than expected as you mentioned. but this is a volatile number week to week and regardless, it has stayed stubbornly high over the last few months, particularly as the economy has recovered, that suggests job creation will be slow and the unemployment rate will take some time to come down. >> brian: i guess that's important. so slightly better than we thought. i guess the president doesn't want to call a press conference and say we're out of the recession yet. all right, peter. >> steve: what is the president up to in seoul? he's obviously there for the g-20. what's on his agenda today, peter?

>> that's right, guys. he got here a few hours ago and believe it or not, there are just three things on the agenda here. jobs, jobs, and jobs. a few other things thrown in along the side. but every leader is coming here trying to figure out how to save or create jobs. the problem is that every country would have to probable will he give something up to do that, mainly exports, and a lot of the countries, leaders coming here really don't want to do that, especially china and germany. so this is shaping up as a global economic cage match over the next couple of days. the president sent out a letter starting all this off this morning to the other g-20 leaders staking out his position, which is basically what's good for america is good for the world. here is what he said in the letter. quote, a strong recovery that creates jobs, incomes and spending is the most important contribution the united states

can make to the global recovery. we're already hearing a lot of reports about behind the scenes fighting on just what the leaders will agree to do here. back to you. >> alisyn: peter, thanks so much for the update from there. >> brian: yeah. i think the president is going to be in for a fight about our economic situation. for the news headline, steve? >> steve: let's start with a look at this. boeing's dream liner, you heard about that, that plane right there, it continues to be a nightmare. one of the test planes made an emergency landing in laredo, texas yesterday after smoke filled the rear cabin. that's not a good sign. pilots lost control, use of some of the controls in the cockpit. nobody was hurt. but it's the latest setback for the 787 which is already three years behind schedule. they hope to do start rolling them out in february. doesn't look like that will happen. >> alisyn: nor problems for air buses 380. passenger jets, singapore airlines is replacing engines on three of the planes after finding oil stains on them. this comes just days after the airline put its fleet back in

service following the explosion of a similar engine on a qantas jet. since then, qantas grounded its 380. singapore doesn't know if the action is related. >> brian: today the state of alaska begins checking and rechecking the 85,000 write in ballots to determine who will win the senate race there. republican joe miller filed a lawsuit trying to block any write in ballots that have a candidate's name misspelled even slightly. if he gets his way, that could be trouble for lisa murkowski who waged a fierce write in campaign. the state said it will examine the ballots for the voters' intent, and i star that, on who they wanted to vote for. it will be weeks before the official winner is announced. right now the write in candidate leads by more than 11,500 votes. >> alisyn: sarah palin not happy with some schools talk of limiting students' sugar intake. when she visited the christian school in pennsylvania yesterday, she brought cookies for the kids. the former alaska governor

blasting a report that claims the state board of education was considering a limit on sugary snacks. the board of education is now denying that report. steve, tell us about weather. >> steve: i will. thanks. take a look, we've got a little bit of lingering shower activity off the new england coast. something floating around in maine. also the northern plains, a little bit of rain mixed with snow on this wednesday, making a wet wednesday. and as you can see in the pacific northwest, a little action all the way from puget sound to portions of northern california. the current temperatures as you head out the door to work or school or whatever you do, take a look. 43 right now in chicago. we have 49 in memphis. 45 in raleigh. look at the day ahead. we got the contour map that shows nice temperatures all the way from portions of the great lakes states down through the central plains. chilly out west. only 39 today in montana. it's going to be 59 in cleveland. much of the ohio valley close to 60. along the gulf coast, 70s and

80s will be the rule on this very special wednesday. >> brian: we're celebrating a special birthday today and it's not the lyricist for that musical person. we're talking about the 235th birthday of the u.s. marines, ladies and gentlemen. >> steve: all right. >> brian: joining us now for this special ceremony, direct for for the staff, general steven busby is here, along with 12 of america's best and finest, fellow marines. guys, thanks for getting up with us and being here. >> it's our pleasure to be here. thank you. >> steve: they've been doing this tradition where you cut -- we've got a beautiful cake right here. cost us a fortune. but you cut the cake with a sword. explain the tradition of the oldest marine serving the youngest marine. >> the oldest marine, this cake cutting ceremony has multiple parts. the first one, we do four things. we recognize the 235 year

history of the marine corps, we celebrate that and then we honor those who served before us. particularly those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. and in the oldest marine represents that legacy of service will cut a piece of cake, and then the second part of that, we'll cut another piece of cake. the oldest marine will pass it to the youngest marine and that symbolizes the handing of tradition, history and experience to a new generation. >> alisyn: this is going on around the world. even in combat? >> afghanistan on u.s. navy ship, bases and stations world wide, cities like new york or small towns across the country. wherever marines are, active marines or those who previously served. >> brian: if you're watching overseas or anywhere, write us because we know they watch fox a lot in battle. as they're preparing for battle, we want to know how you're celebrating. don't you feel in the remarkable history of the marines, you could put fallujah 2004 as one of the finer moments? >> we could have is a whole list

of those accomplishments, whether it be world war one, bell lowwood, world war ii, fallujah, now afghanistan. the list is huge. >> steve: it certainly is. that's why it's so special we would have you today. we'll get out of the way. would you like to do the cake cutting? >> before that, i want to make sure i don't forget to thank the three of you for giving us the opportunity to celebrate the birthday, our birthday with you. it speaks volumes (we wouldn't be doing our job if we >> steve: that's always my favorite piece. the piece with all that corn frosting. >> brian: they really came up with the idea for the marines in a bar? >> tongue tavern, good place for marines to be born in philadelphia in 1775. >> steve: i don't think it was considered a bar back then. >> brian: you're right, steve. a saloon? >> steve: a saloon is where miss kitty worked.

okay? >> we'll pass this to the oldest marine representing history, tradition and legacy. >> brian: there you go. how old are you? >> 44, sir. >> tell him about you're from. >> from the bronks, new york. >> brian: how long have you been in? >> 17 years. >> steve: thank you for your service. >> brian: what's it been like for you? >> extreme experience. i just can't share this all in one word because i've learned so much and i've gone so far. >> steve: you're obviously a patriot and that's why you're here today and have served many years. now time for cake for the young guy. break out the sword, ladies and gentlemen. he has that bite. i see. >> we'll take this piece of cake, pass it to the gunny, and he will pass it to the youngest marine. >> brian: you don't do kids' parties, do you? >> no, no. >> alisyn: i think he needs a fork. >> steve: he's a marine, he

doesn't need a sinking fork. >> introduce yourself. >> from the bronks new york, i've been in three months. >> steve: how is it going so far? >> very good. >> you were born when? >> 1991. >> brian: wow. >> alisyn: thank you for your service. we'll cut more cake for all of you. happy birthday to the marines 235 years. >> steve: it's good to be part of an organization that has a big party once a year. of course, we thank you all for your service. >> thank you very much. >> steve: for all the marines watching out there and former marine, although you're never really a former marine, thank you for your service. >> brian: guys, we're going to eat up and now it's time for to you celebrate wherever you are. first arizona, now texas tackling immigration. debbie riddle is so fired up about cracking down on illegal immigrants, she camped out in the state house all weekend to be first to file her bill. she's live with us next without her sleeping bag. >> alisyn: a new reality show that gives hope to america's

unemployed. the job mother shares her tips for finding work. she's coming up live.

>> brian: texas state representative debbie riddle actually slept inside the state capitol building for the entire weekend to make sure she would be first in line to file her bill for the upcoming session. her mission? tackling illegal immigration. with tough new regulations like arizona's, representative debbie riddle joins us now this morning. this has always been your passion, but why now do you feel as though the state is ready to crack down on illegals? >> i think the state has been ready for quite some time. however, the federal government has gotten away to some degree and those that oppose it, the democrats, have really shut down. but i've got several bills that i believe are going to go a long

way in tackling this issue. we must do it. it's all about safety and security for the citizens. >> brian: all right. representative, do some bullet points about some of the things in this bill that will make it harder for illegals to sneak in and thrive. >> well, one of the things is it's an individual -- if an individual is already detained for an warrantless arrest, a police officer can inquire as to their status. if ice it's determined they are here illegally, they can be arrested for criminal trespass. that's a class b misdemeanor, up to $2,000 fine and up to six months in jail. >> brian: sanctuary city. what happens with that? >> we've got some cities here that are essentially sanctuary cities and they will simply not receive any state funding if they continue that policy. >> brian: so no state funding. you understand what arizona has been through. they're being sued by the obama

administration and -- >> that's outrageous. >> brian: they won in court. you want some of that coming texas' way? >> i don't believe that it's going to happen, but at some point we've got to draw a line in the sand and say enough is enough. look, the crime here is going through the roof. in the past six years alone, the gang-related violence, gang-related crime just here in houston that is connected with mexican drug cartels has gone up over 250%. that's not acceptable. and the people are saying they've had it with political correctness. they've had it had folks just turning a blind eye to the problem. americans are getting killed. texans are getting killed. and we've got to say stop it. and so we're moving ahead and i'm moving ahead with my legislation. >> brian: you're sleeping in the state house to make it happen and now america is reflecting in the passion you've had all along and things will change once again in texas.

representative debbie riddle, thank you for waking up with us this morning. >> thank you. >> brian: okay. coming up straight ahead, we change gears. let's talk jobs. a new reality show giving hope to the unemployed. the fairy jobmother will sit down with us next. first let's check in with bill hemmer who has a magical show coming up. >> indeed. we'll see you on the radio later today? >> i hope in the final hour? >> we're always here to give you the plug. what in the world was in the sky in california? we're calling to get answers. and the stunning rise in federal salaries. guess who is making a whole lot more money these days and guess who is passing health care costs to you. check with your boss. we'll see you in 11 minutes on america's news room with martha and me.

tv's fairy jobmother, haley taylor, is hoping to rescue unemployed people all over the country. on tomorrow night's episode, she takes on the senior family from california. >> we both lost our jobs two weeks within each other. and we had not saved at all. we did not have a safety net whatsoever. that's when we realized we were going to have to move back in with ray's parents. >> steve: i'm sure she was crazy about that. taillie taylor, the star of the show, joins us live. >> good morning. >> brian: tell us the premise, you get to know the families, what happened and try to get them back on their feet? >> yes. help them address the reasons why they've not been able to find work, help move them forward, hopefully be able to get them to get themselves an interview and then see if they can progress into employment. >> alisyn: what you found is that their confidence is shattered. is sounds like that's one of the

things you do. how do you do that? >> we address everything that's gone on before. all the reasons they feel they can't move into employment, all the issues holding them back. it could be they have parents that never supported them. we work on that and move them towards employment. >> steve: one of the problems is the fact that there aren't a lot of jobs right now. >> how did i know you were going to say that to me? >> steve: if there is no job. >> brian: you're taking her down, steve. >> there are jobs, there aren't as many jobs and make yourself stand out from everybody else to gain that employment. >> steve: for people watching right now, what can they do that? >> be realistic? >> for instance? >> know what you face. match that specifically to the jobs you're applying for. don't look at the hourly rate and say, that's what i want to earn. make sure you meet the criteria of the job being advertised and also believe in yourself. look at yourself and think, i have all these wonderful qualities to offer.

>> brian: how did you become the expert and the personality? >> i have worked with unemployed for a long, long time, since i was 24 and i'm 43 now. it's been quite a learning curve and i was featured in a documentary filmed in 2008 and that documentary was me delivering governmental contracts for the unemployed. and i was seen on the documentary and then virtually overnight was offered fairy job overseas and here. >> alisyn: it airs thursday nights, 9:00 p.m. on lifetime. so good luck with it. >> thank you. i'm so excited. >> brian: maybe you can be a one woman tornado to get everybody employed. >> really? >> brian: here in america. >> if only, that would be a wonderful thing. >> alisyn: it's a small task, but we know you can do it. >> thank you. >> alisyn: next, the cutest video you'll ever see in your lifetime. this is a dog barking in his sleep. >> steve: why wouldn't he? >> brian: tell me that's not

great. >> so cute. >> brian: thank you.

>> steve: we showed you this dreaming puppy that barked in its sleep a little while ago and asked you to e-mail us your adorable pictures. some of the pictures and video will be up on our web site later today. check them out. they are adorable. >> brian: comments so we can know who the cutest is. who the cutest marine we had today? happy birthday. >> steve: go ahead. >> brian: i'll have ali pick. >> alisyn: there is a lot of competition. but even the marines thought that little sleep barking puppy -- >> brian: cute, guys, or what? >> steve: the reason they're here is if because you're part of the marine corp. family, you know this marks the 235th anniversary of the marines being started at tongue tavern in philadelphia. >> alisyn: we appreciate you being here so much, sharing your cake with us. it's been wonderful. happy birthday to the marines. >> brian: more importantly, it's time for us to have some cake. break